1948 Third round

Colchester 1 Huddersfield 0

Over 16,000 piled in to Layer Road to watch their Southern Football League side stun Huddersfield, beating them with a goal from captain Bob Curry. They went on to knock out second division Bradford Park Avenue in the fourth round, before a 5-0 reality check at Blackpool in the fifth.

1949 Fourth round

Yeovil 2 Sunderland 1

Big-spending Sunderland, featuring £20,500 record buy Len Shackleton, were truly humbled at Yeovil: goals from Alec Stock and Eric Bryant securing a famous win at Huish after a fog-bound, frantic extra time. 17,123 made it inside the ground - and on to the sloping pitch at the end.

1972 Third-round replay

Hereford United 2 Newcastle 1

A 2-2 draw at St James Park set up a golden opportunity for Southern League side Hereford, and they took it. Back at Edgar Street, Malcolm McDonald put Newcastle ahead before a 30-yard thunderbolt from Ronnie Radford (pictured) and Ricky George's strike took the tie. The game forged a young John Motson's reputation as a commentator.

1975 Third round

Burnley 0 Wimbledon 1

Another triumph for the Southern League: geography teacher Micky Mahon scoring Wimbledon's winner while keeper Dicky Guy had the game of his life, keeping out a team seventh in the First Division. It was the first time for 55 years that a non-League side had beaten a top-flight team on their own ground. The Dons would go on to rise through the leagues - and win the trophy itself against Liverpool in 1988.

1986 Third round

Birmingham 1 Altrincham 2

Until yesterday, the most recent non-league away-from-home giantkilling. Altrincham had beaten 11 League sides in the previous 20 years. Kevin Ellis put the Gola League side 1-0 up before Robert Hopkins equalised for Birmingham. But Hopkins then put an own goal past David Seaman. Blues manager Ron Saunders was sacked days later.

1989 Third round

Sutton United 2 Coventry 1

Gander Green Lane's finest hour. Conference side Sutton triumphed against the club who had won the cup two years' earlier, with goals from Tony Rains and bricklayer Matthew Hanlan . Match of the Day ran the highlights that night with a soundtrack of Richard Burton reading Rudyard Kipling's If. In the next round Sutton lost 8-0 to … Norwich City.